The Revd Mark MacDonald, of Bemidji, MN, has been elected Bishop of the Diocese of Alaska, Episcopal Church in the USA.

The Revd Canon Peter Price, Secretary of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, has been appointed Bishop of Kingston, an area bishop of Southwark, Church of England.

The Rt Revd Andrew Duma, Suffragan Bishop of Lesotho, has been elected Bishop of Lesotho, Church of the Province of Southern Africa. He will succeed the Rt Revd Philip Mokuku.

The Rt Revd Jeremiah Ole Taama, has been consecrated the first Bishop of the Diocese of Kajiado, Church of the Province of Kenya.

The Rt Revd Colin Bennetts, Suffragan Bishop of Buckingham, Oxford Diocese, has been appointed Bishop of Coventry, Church of England. He will succeed the Rt Revd Simon Barrington-Ward.

The Ven Frank Weston, Archdeacon of Oxford, has been appointed Bishop of Knaresborough, Diocese of Ripon, Church of England.

The Very Revd Emmanuel A Arongo, has been elected the first Bishop of Tamale, Ghana, in the Province of West Africa. The Diocese Sunyani and Tamale has been separated. He succeeds the Rt Revd Joseph Dadson, who has retired as Bishop of Sunyani and Tamale.

The Ven Thomas A Brient, has been elected the first Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana, Church of the Province of West Africa.

The Very Revd Barry Robert Howe, Dean of Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Petersburg, Florida, has been elected Coadjutor Bishop of West Missouri, ECUSA. He will succeed the Rt Revd John Buchanan.

The Revd Charles Edward Jenkins III, Rector of St Luke's Church, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, has been elected Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, ECUSA. He will succeed the Rt Revd James Brown.

The Rt Revd Emmanuel Kolini, the Bishop of Kigali, has been elected the Archbishop of Rwanda. He succeeds the Most Revd Augustine Nshamihigo.

The Rt Revd Stephen Kewasis Nyorsok, has been translated from the Diocese of Eldoret to the new Diocese of Kitale, Church of the Province of Kenya.

The Rt Revd Jermiah John Mutua Taama, has been consecrated the first Bishop of Kajiado, Church of the Province of Kenya.

Other appointments

Brother Daniel SSF was been installed as Minister-General of the Society of St Francis. The installation took place at St Philip's Annerley in Australia.